Will Palmer retained the Formula Renault Eurocup championship
lead at the Hungaroring this weekend, following a battling display
at the triple-header, in which he shrugged aside technical woes on
Saturday to return to the podium and limit the damage in Sunday's
races.

The R-ace GP driver's Saturday was blighted by electrical issues
which prevented him from achieving representative lap times in the
first qualifying session, resulting in 22nd position on the grid
for the first of the three races. Amidst the hectic opening
exchanges, BRDC Superstar Palmer coolly scythed through the field
to sit in 12th position after just five laps.

Before Will could make any further progress however, a
recurrence of his earlier issues demoted him to 24th place.
Unfortunately, a lengthy safety car period denied Will the
opportunity to regain much of the lost ground and, with just
handful of the race's 25 minutes remaining upon the resumption, he
only had enough time to rise to 18th position.

Such was Will's advantage in the standings heading into the
weekend; he maintained a Slender advantage from Robert Shwartzman
with two races still to take place on Sunday.

Will lined up third on the grid for Sunday morning's second
race, just behind championship rival Sacha Fenestraz and Gabriel
Aubry. Will incisively surged past Fenestraz from the start to slot
in behind Aubry in second place, a position he would hold
comfortably until the end of the race, to further secure his
position atop the championship standings.

Sixth place on the grid for the final race of the weekend was
rapidly converted into fifth place on the road, after Will
outmanoeuvred Ye Yifei in a wheel-to-wheel duel through the opening
corners of the race. From this point, Will produced a smooth drive
to the flag to secure his second strong points finish of the
day.

As the chequered flag fell on the final race, Will was promoted
to fourth position following a 10-second penalty for Fenestraz, who
jumped the start, allowing him to extend his margin over the
Frenchman, whilst remaining ahead of team-mate Shwartzman by five
points.

Will said: "We had a weekend of two halves at Budapest. For
Saturday, we had an electrical problem causing me to lose throttle
power, which meant I had to start towards the back for race one as
I wasn't able to do a representative lap-time in qualifying. I was
recovering well in the race, up to twelfth and just outside the
points after only five laps, but then the problem recoccured,
causing me to fall back so I was unable to score.

"The team did a great job overnight to resolve the issue and we
had a much better Sunday. For race two, I started third and managed
to gain a place on the first lap to move into second which I held
until the end. In race three, starting from sixth, I gained a place
at the start and then benefitted from a penalty for a false start
in front to finish fourth and gain good points for the
championship.

Will is back in action when the series resumes at the
world-famous Nurburgring in Germany on 15-16 July, when the series
will revert to its traditional two-race format.